2000 UAB Blazers football team

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2000 UAB Blazers football
Conference Conference USA
DivisionEast Division
Record7–4 (3–3 C-USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Pat Sullivan (2nd season)
Offensive scheme Multiple
Defensive coordinatorBill Clay (4th season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Legion Field
Seasons
←  1999
2001  →
2000 Conference USA football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Louisville $  6 –1   9 –3  
East Carolina  5 –2   8 –4  
Cincinnati  5 –2   7 –5  
Southern Miss  4 –3   8 –4  
UAB  3 –3   7 –4  
Tulane  3 –4   6 –5  
Memphis  2 –5   4 –7  
Houston  2 –5   3 –8  
Army  1 –6   1 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2000 UAB Blazers football team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in the college football season of 2000, and was the tenth team fielded by the school. The Blazers' head coach was Watson Brown, who entered his sixth season as UAB's head coach. They played their home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, and competed as a member of Conference USA. The Blazers finished their fifth season at the I-A level, and their second affiliated with a conference with a record of 7–4 (3–3 C-USA).

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 77:00 p.m. Chattanooga *
 CSS W 20–1518,000 [1]
September 167:00 p.m.at Kansas *
L 20–2328,500 [2]
September 237:00 p.m.at LSU *
 WABM W 13–1085,339 [3]
September 302:30 p.m. Louisiana–Lafayette *
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
W 47–222,000 [4]
October 72:30 p.m. Louisville
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
L 17–3818,000 [5]
October 142:30 p.m. Memphis
W 13–915,000 [6]
October 213:00 p.m. Middle Tennessee *Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
CSSW 14–913,000 [7]
October 282:30 p.m.at East Carolina
WABMW 16–1328,537 [8]
November 412:00 p.m.at Cincinnati
L 21–3319,581 [9]
November 112:30 p.m.No. 25 Southern Miss
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
L 30–33 OT25,000 [10]
November 1812:00 p.m.at Army
W 27–735,267 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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References

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  6. ↑ "U of M has chances in UAB loss". The Commercial Appeal. October 15, 2000. Retrieved December 14, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
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